August 2011

WYD & Religious Freedom – Abp. Charles J. Chaput OFM Cap, First Things/On the Square

Abp. Chaput Encourage WYD Youth in Their Friendship With God – M. Medlin/D. Kerr

Mercy at World Youth Day – Kathryn Jean Lopez, The Daily Register

Stunning Photos from World Youth Day – Thomas Peters, Catholic Vote/American Papist

WYD Emphasizes Being Reconciled to God – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

Pope Receives Enthusiastic Greeting in Spain – David Kerr, Catholic News Agency

Sunny in Madrid, Stormy in Damascus – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Pope Benedict XVI Arrives in Madrid – Milo Yiannopoulos, Catholic Herald

Video of Pope’s Arrival – Catholic Herald

Bp. Mark Davies Urges Young to Stand with the Pope – David V. Barrett, Cthlc Herald

Full text of Pope Benedict XVI’s Welcome Address – Catholic Herald

Archbishop Chaput’s reflection for WYD’s Night of Joy – OSV Daily Take

Why do our Bishops Abuse the Extraordinary Form? – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

The Church has a Deep Theology about the Seventh Commandment – Carl Olson, IIS

The High Cost of Capitulation – Louie Verrecchio, Catholic Lane

The Truth Is – Steven Lawson, VirtuousPla.net

Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Award for Best Pseudonym – The American Catholic

On the Reading of Obscure Documents – John M. DeJak, The Distributist Review

Sedevacantist Sisters Reunite With Church – Jim Graves, The Daily Register

The Liturgy of St. James on the Eucharist – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Differences Between Current & New Translation of the Missal – Msgr. Ch. Pope, AOW

Excerpts from Thomas Aquinas’ Childhood Journal – Mark P. Shea, Cthlc & Enjoying It!

10-Year-Old Girl Poses Seductively for French Vogue Magazine – Kathleen Gilbert, LSN

Receiving Gifts, a 1626 Missale Romanum & Galileo – Dr. Stacy Trasancos, Accept Abund

U.S.: Driehaus, Be a Man – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

Mexico: The Farewell of the Ranchero Cardinal – Andrés Beltramo Alvarez, La Stmp

Quæritur: Can a Deaf Priest say Mass in the Extraordinary Form? – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Church Closings: Is Bigger Better? – Joan Frawley Desmond, The Daily Register

Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Award for Most Beautiful Blog – The American Catholic

Vatican Releases Dossier, Rejects Accusations in Oregon Abuse Lawsuit – Tancred, EF

On Things as They Are – Amy Welborn, Dappled Things

Ron Paul’s Rhetoric on Abortion Does Not Match His Position – Lisa Graas

Is the Acton Inst. a Genuine Expression of Catholic Social Thought? – Thomas Storck, DR

Socialist President of Peru filling Lady’s Ministry with Pro-Aborts – M.C. Hoffman, LSN

2 Cthlc Col.’s Land ISI Exceptional List Spots, Another Deemed Train Wreck – CNS

The Catholic’s Guide to Local Pilgrimages – Allison Terrell, VirtuousPla.net

The 2011 Cross & Eagle Catholic Blogging Awards – The American Catholic

The Seal of Confession & the Virtue of Religion – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hrmntc of Cntnty

In Praise of Unattainable Women: Botticelli’s Madonna – Matthew Alderman, DT

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s Holier-Than-Thou Hit Piece – Joe Heschmeyer, SP

Disgraced Abp. Weakland Adviser to Speak at Pedophilia Conference – Dallas Catholics

 . . . First Things: How to Normalize Pedophilia in 5 Easy Steps . . .

  . . . Tony Layne: Pedophilia: The One Boundary Progressives Can’t Push? . . .

 . . . Jeremy Kryn: Academic Conference Seeks to Normalize Pedophilia . . .

Sudan: Human Rights Violated – Michelangelo Nasca, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Missed Opportunity – Our Sunday Visitor

Zagano Watch: Update! – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Sound of One Hand Clapping – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

Study Says Prime-Time Cartoons Full of Adult Content – Susan Brinkmann OCDS, WOG

Pro-Lifers Barred from Montreal Cathedral – John-Henry Westen, LifeSiteNews.com

The Importance of Latin Americans in the WYD Celebrations – Andrés B. Álvarez, La Stmp

How Solidarity Movement is Connected to WYD – Matthew Schmitz, First Things

How to Follow WYD Madrid 2011 – Rome Reports

A Trip to Confession Park, Vocational Booths & Life on the Rock – Rachel Howell, NCReg

Abp. Dolan Prays With Young New Yorkers at WYD – David Kerr, Daily Register

On Amanda Marcotte’s Vicious, Pathetic Hissy Fit Over WYD Joy – Th. Peters, CV/AmP

Agenda for WYD – University of St. Thomas (Houston)

Opening Mass Kicks Off World Youth Day – Fr. Matthew Gamber SJ, The Daily Register

Cardinal Tells Youth Faith Is an Adventure at WYD’s First Mass – CNA/EWTN News

Opening Mass Welcomes Pilgrims to WYD – Rachel Howell, The Daily Register

The Juridical Key to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Cth Cltr

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids – Francis Philllips, MercatorNet

Listening to the Early Church Fathers & the Liturgy – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Ppry

There and Back Again – Colin Gormley, VirtuousPla.net

The Old Postmodern Trollop – Joseph Bottum, Catholic Vote

New Nuns and Priests Seen Opting for Tradition – Tancred, The Eponymous Flower

RealCatholicTV’s Voris had ‘No Idea’ about Internal Problems – Benjamin Mann, CNA

Presidential GOP Poll for Catholics – The American Catholic

Abp. Dolan on Meatless Fridays & External Signs of Our Catholic Identity – Fr. Zuhlsdorf

Stay-at-Home Moms Need Help – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Rare Video: Election of Pope John XXIII in 1958 A.D. – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

On the Record With John Garvey, CUA President – Joan Frawley Desmond, Dly Rgstr

Diocese of Pueblo Trying to Serve Two Masters? – Jeremy Kryn, LifeSiteNews.com

Why Are Young Believers More Religiously-Conservative? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shmlss Ppry

Beautiful Catholic Art: Madonna and Child – Elaine Golden, VirtuousPla.net

The Church and Capitalism – Alessandra Nucci, Catholic World Report

The Immorality of Nice Fornication – Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

The “Addiction Blame Game” – The Motley Monk

Madrid will Never Forget these Scenes of Devotion – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

For Father Bourgeois, Today’s the Day – Wayne Laugesen, The Daily Register

Bp. Athanasius Schneider: Communion in the Hand Destroys Piety – Tancred, EF

Economics & the Catholic Vision of the Good Life – B. García/R. Miller/J. Médaille, DT

Disappointed by Jason Berry’s Render Unto Rome – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

What Angels Asked Each Other as Mary Assumed into Heaven – Fr. Erlenbush, NTM

The Selfless Heart, the Story of St. Joan Delanoue – Oscar F. A. Gutierrez, Rgnm Nvm

Birth Control Raises Deadly Clot Risk to 1,700% for Women – Jeremy Kryn, LSN

 . . . Cthlc Duquesne Univ. sues co. for paying unauthorized contraceptive claims . . .

 . . . AmP: Poll-Planned Parenthood More Extreme than Most Pro-Abort Americans . . .

 . . . Sex-Selective Abortion:  China’s “Vow” to Crack Down an Empty Promise? . . .

 . . . Simon Caldwell: Pharmacists Who Object to Handing Out Pill Could Lose Job . . .

What is a “Know-Nothing”? – Pat McNamara, Patheos/In Ages Past

Miraculous Circumstances Surround Mexico’s Sanctuary of the Unborn – M. Hoffman, LSN

 . . . UK hospital backs down after forcing Christian nurses to commit abortions . . .

 . . . UK guidelines may strip pharmacists of conscience rights on morning after pill . . .

Santorum Momentum Builds: Leadership Trumps Showmanship in Ames – Lisa Graas

Making Beautiful Liturgy Happen Everywhere– Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Freiburg Archd. Links to Germany’s Planned Parenthood – Tancred, Epnyms Flwr

The Muslim Persecution of Christians – Raymond Ibrahim, Catholic Lane

Compulsory Sex Ed in New York – Brian Fraga, The Daily Register

Catholic College Hired Expert in Support of Transgender, Variant Students – CNS

80-year-old Lady who Discovered Cross Upon which Jesus was Crucified – Cthlc Hrld

Zeba, the “Princess” Who Ran Away for Love – Mauro Pianti, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Card. Canizares (Prefect CDW) on Vatican II & SSPX – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Martyrdom in Pakistan – George Weigel, Archdiocese of Denver

The 12 Most Important Things to Know about Angels – Dr. Peter Kreeft, ICL™

Self-Defeating Concessions – David Mills, First Things/First Thoughts

Ten Things you will not Find in a Catholic Home – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hdgrw

What Is An Affiliation With A Major Basilica? – Allie, Here Is The Church. . .

Top Five Reasons to Use Your “YouCat” – Brent Stubbs, VirtuousPla.net

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Papal Knight of the Golden Spur – Dylan Parry, Rlctnt Snnr

Therapists: APA Gay Marriage Paper Based on Politics, Not Science – K. Gilbert, LSN

 . . . EU pol rejected for SSA stance: Christians are EU’s reservoir’of values . . .

 . . . Majority of Brazilians Reject SSA Civil Unions After Tribunal Imposition . . .

 . . . Copts still threaten to remove 4,000 families from Cthlc schools over “equity” . . .

 . . . Ontario “Equity” Strategy will be Used to Persecute Catholics . . .

 . . . Steve Weatherbe: Canadian Parents Battle Pro-Homosexual Public Schools . . .

 . . . Largest Ontario Catholic parents group opposes homosexual clubs in schools . . .

Germans & Their Aversion to “Catholic” Rome – Guido Horst, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Celeb’s Hollywood Pedophilia Stunner Met With Media Whimper – TheMediaReport.com

 . . . Bill Donohue: Media Ignore Child Sex Abuse . . .

 . . . LSN: Pedophiles in Hollywood ‘surround’ children ‘like vultures’ . . .

Scenes from the Annual LCWR Meeting: the Fecundity of Chaos – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

UK Riots and Malaise in the West – Robert Struble Jr, Catholic Lane

 . . . MercatorNet: Will Britain’s PM Reform the Welfare State? . . .

Prayers for East Africa – Sr. Lisa Marie Doty FDCC, Nunspeak

103-yr.-old Nun to Leave Convent 1st Time in 84 yrs., meet Pope – Fiona Govan, Tgrph

Viva la Virgen de la Paloma! – Fr. Matthew Gamber SJ, Catholic World Report

WYD Priests Granted Power to Lift Abortion Excommunications – Patrick B. Craine, LSN

Priests Have a Special Role at WYD – Fr. Matthew Gamber SJ, Catholic World Report

Stay-Cation World Youth Day – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

California Comic Mogul Donates Cartoon Catechesis to WYD – Angelo Stagnaro, NCReg

Spes et Mutatio – Jennifer Mazzara, VirtuousPla.net

Sept. 11 Flag Comes to World Youth Day – David Kerr, EWTN News/CNA

World Youth Day Exhibition Highlights Christian Persecution – ACN-USA News

Day 1 recap of WYD – Lindsay Ross, OSV Daily Take

Getting Ready for World Youth Day – Fr. Matthew Gamber SJ, Catholic World Report

Arrival in Madrid, & What’s Inside the Backpack – Sara Angle, Cthlc News Service Blog

Madrid Cardinal Delighted With U.S. Turnout – Fr. Matthew Gamber SJ, The Dly Rgstr

The Vision of E.F. Schumacher – Joseph Pearce, The Daily Register

My Non-Apostasy Story – JC Sanders, VirtuousPla.net

It’s Open Season on Christians: A “Meet the Press” Interview – Msgr. Ch. Pope, AOW

The Black Sheepdog Continues His Morph – Mark P. Shea, Catholic and Enjoying It!

The Graying of the Spirit of Vatican II Crowd – Tom Kreitzberg, Disputations

A Tipping Point for the Family? – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Apart from the Mass Killings, Things are so Pleasant! – Phil Lawler, CatholicCulture.org

St. Joachim, Husband, Father of the Blessed Virgin, Grandfather of the Lord – Fr. Z

Episcopal Convert: R. R. Reno – Why I’m Catholic

Relic Photo: Sacred Crown of St. Stephen of Hungary – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

60 Years a Priest, On the Anniversary of the Pope’s Ordination – Fr. J.V. Schall SJ, II

Apologetics Toolbox: Assumption of Mary – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

The Next Push: “Normalizing” Pedophilia – Dallas Catholics

 . . . Tony Layne: How do you Normalize Pedophilia? . . .

Why Are Seminaries Afraid of the Extraordinary Form? – Fr. Christopher Smith, Chant Café

Woolly Mammoth found in Westminster Diocese! – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Of Cassocks and Demons – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Active Participation – Mac McLernon, Mulier Fortis

Remember When Candidates Didn’t Have to Defend Their Christianity? – Lisa Graas

Catholicism Documentary, An Epic Presentation of the Faith – Brandon Vogt, Thin Veil

A Teacher’s Perspective on the UK Riots – Marissa K. Nichols, The Theology of Laundry

Cheering My Love – Trista Garttner, VirtuousPla.net

Benedict XVI Says Silence Brings us in Touch with God – La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Did The ACC (AmChurch) Pad Their Attendance Numbers? – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Quæritur: Communion More than Once a Day – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Dodged The Bullet! – Fr. Erik Richsteig, Orthometer

Trying to Fly with One Wing: Classification of Things – Stanley D. Williams PhD, Cthlc Lane